Archive of SF Business Times stories

Summary

At the Business Times, I am a staff reporter covering:

• Retail: This includes San Francisco Bay Area-based retail companies like Gap, Williams Sonoma, Sharper Image, Peets and Clorox. It also includes lease transactions and other development projects in retail shopping areas like Union Square, as well as the buying and selling of malls. I also cover miscellaneous topics like chain store disputes, redevelopment zones and business improvement districts.
• Residential real estate: This includes housing developments, such as the new high-rise condo projects proposed in Rincon Hill and the apartment towers set to go in at mid-Market and Mission Bay, to name just a very few, plus large single family home developments and large public housing projects. I also cover very large individual home sales and write topically on things like building defect insurance, redevelopment zones, zoning changes, the state of the overall market, and so forth.
• Hospitality: The larger components of this beat are hotels , tourism and restaurants. The hotel and tourism business are hugely important leading indicators of service-oriented parts of the local economy like retail, restaurants and bars, and useful trailing indicators of the health of core technology, publishing, financial services, biotech and other parts of the local economy that tend to drive productivity and growth. It also happens to be, in and of itself, one of the top remaining industries in SF with the decline of so many technology and media businesses in the last several years.

We are a small but influential publication, constantly scooping our area competitors. In fact, we only run exclusive stories, which are often followed by other papers days or weeks later.

Archive

This only includes article placed on the website. The website includes all columns and the top six or so regular news stories, so many of my stories are missing. Still, this is a good selection.

Hospitality: Hoteliers log on to strategy for finding new customers via web

Profile: Target aims to help communities
Giving is a key part of its culture and marketing
Friday, July 11, 2003

Home Front: Bay Area affordable housing projects grab Prop. 46 funding

Hospitality: Merenda chef's preparations for namesake eatery at a simmer

S.F. plan sets goal of 10,000 homes
'Workforce Housing Initiative' could go to city voters in November
Page 1
Friday, June 27, 2003

Is San Francisco's housing crisis over?
The residential pipeline is at nearly 22,000 units, but a host of issues could derail projects
Friday, June 20, 2003

Home Front: Bridge Housing builds affordable back into tony town of Danville

Hotels discover that not all trash is alike
Recycling programs save thousands, but require some retooling, new habits
Friday, June 13, 2003

Hospitality: Iraq war attacks San Francisco hotel market; SARS next?

Stanford's new senior class
$425M retirement community aiming at old grads, staff
Friday, June 13, 2003

Home Front: Bridge development plan spans affordable and senior housing

Table set at Ferry Building
Slanted Door dines on bay view space
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Hospitality: Hotel Majestic's attempts to lure guests yield royal returns

S.F. out to rattle chains
'Alarm system' for Starbucks, Walgreens
Friday, May 30, 2003

Home Front: Oakland to review Coliseum-area low-income housing proposal

Insurers locking up condos
Builders say soaring premiums could put chill on construction
Page 3
Friday, May 23, 2003

Stanford Shopping Center on block
University could score $300M from long-term lease
Page 1
Friday, May 23, 2003

Hospitality: Hotelier Biddle checks into the spotlight, not corporate office

Developer makes bold housing play
Five towers, 1,410 units charted for mid-Market Street
Page 1
Friday, May 16, 2003

Residential Real Estate Deals of the Year
Friday, May 09, 2003

Home Front: Emerald Fund puts up portion of transit village for sale

Williams-Sonoma revs web
Fast-growing Internet operation soon to offer more than store
Page 1
Friday, May 09, 2003

Hospitality:World events spike convention bookings at Moscone Center

Home Front: Developer crafts home buyers

Hospitality: Pan Pacific, Gumps take the plunge to entice customers

Hospitality: Pan Pacific, Gumps take the plunge to entice customers
Friday, April 18, 2003

Talk of the Town: S.F.'s top chefs provide recipe for French toast
Friday, April 11, 2003

Home Front: Gonzalez proposal on illegal units unsettles city landlords
Friday, April 11, 2003

State's fiscal woes could wipe S.F. foreign tourism offices off map
Friday, April 04, 2003

Hotels targeted for millions in taxes
San Francisco treasurer challenges free ride on guest parking
Friday, April 04, 2003

Hospitality: S.F. eateries ready to refuse service to alcohol tax proposals
Friday, April 04, 2003

Home Front: Greenspan curious about profit spending at broker pow-wow
Friday, March 28, 2003

Post sticks a fork in Occidental Grill, but lights up cigar club
Friday, March 21, 2003

S.F. adds 127 more eateries: Lower costs fueling appetite of startups
Lower costs fueling appetite of startups
Page 1
Friday, March 21, 2003

Brewing in ferment: Some local brewers wash out while others keep pouring
Some local brewers wash out while others keep pouring
Friday, March 14, 2003

Home Front: Despite crowded field, Myers' luxury highrise takes root
Friday, March 14, 2003

Hotels digging in for war
Hoteliers remember the first Gulf War, and worry
Page 3
Friday, March 14, 2003

Hospitality: Elisabeth Daniel joins other S.F. restaurants in calling off lunch
Friday, March 07, 2003

Talk of the Town: Guerrilla fashionistas
Talk of the town
Page 5
Friday, March 07, 2003

Neighborhoods join to repel chains, gain allies
Page 4
Friday, March 07, 2003

Home Front: S.F. planners consider rezoning industrial areas for residential
Friday, February 28, 2003

Condo developers cut deals in softening market
Page 4
Friday, February 28, 2003

http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2003/03/03/story5.html">Apple takes bite of prime retail site
Page 3
Friday, February 28, 2003

Hospitality: Chef's special: Ripe discounts remain at posh restaurants
Friday, February 21, 2003

Gap sales pull out of lengthy tailspin
Page 3
Friday, February 21, 2003

Home Front: Federal defense spending may chill California housing market
Friday, February 14, 2003

Luna Park owners make run for prime Presidio space
Friday, February 07, 2003

Giving a hoot for Hooters
Page 3
Friday, February 07, 2003

Real Estate Focus Section: Marin struggles to define future of notorious site

Home Front: Redevelopment funds proposal pits large cities against small

Mission in transition
Mission Bay apartments roll out as housing market softens
Page 3
Friday, January 31, 2003

Hospitality: Conventions a boost for city's hotels, but sales to stay flat

Falling rents alter style of Union Square
Page 1
Friday, January 24, 2003

Davis budget raids redevelopment
Bay Area cities stand to lose millions targeted for housing
Page 1
Friday, January 24, 2003

Spending it: A little hideaway in the hills could be yours

Home Front: High-density housing garners mixed reviews in Bay Area

Mansion mania: $32M home sale smashes record
Page 1
Friday, January 17, 2003

Hospitality: San Francisco hotel buyers poised for action in 2003

Preview 2003: Not everyone is still betting on the house

Preview 2003: Hoteliers have plenty of room for improvement

Hospitality: Joie de Vivre treats two S.F. hotels to winter makeovers

Kimpton puts deadline on hotel deals
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Friday, December 27, 2002

Home Front: Rosen floats bubble debate

Hotel group finds room to expand
Page 1
Friday, December 20, 2002

Hospitality: Deals appeal to Pan Pacific

Hospitality: AAA guy is trashier than bad boys of rock 'n' roll

S.F. work-force loan plan hits funding delay
Page 3
Friday, November 22, 2002

Hospitality: Service standards grab praise in Four Seasons' first year

Companies vow to party hearty
Hot spots ready to rock
Page 1
Friday, November 15, 2002

Ghirardelli sees sweet market in locals
Friday, November 08, 2002

Sony takes over Metreon stores to ring up sales
Page 1
Friday, November 08, 2002

Moscone expansion propels hotels
Recaptured conventions, new business mean less room at the inns
Page 1
Friday, November 08, 2002

Hospitality: San Francisco hotel industry still weathering drought
Friday, November 01, 2002

Business leaders look to cast a vote for change

Real estate focus section: Luring execs to buy here requires a special touch
Friday, October 25, 2002

Hospitality: Cost of dining out in S.F. on the rise, Zagat Survey finds
Friday, October 18, 2002

Franchiser's Hail Mary
Born and died in S.F., Hamburger Mary's may be resurrected here
Page 3
Friday, October 18, 2002

Giants fans belly up to the bar
Page 1
Friday, October 18, 2002